Business

Bar set for first $1b in housing project funding
Infrastructure

Bar set for first $1b in housing project funding

Housing minister Megan Woods will call for grant applications totalling about a quarter of the government's $3.8 billion infrastructure acceleration fund later this month.

Staff reporters 22 Jun 2021
Papers raise doubts about carbon neutral public sector policy
Policy

Papers raise doubts about carbon neutral public sector policy

Ministers have scaled back public sector carbon neutral plans, and schools won't have to report individual emissions.

Ian Llewellyn 22 Jun 2021
Mercury bundles up as Trustpower unburdens
Markets Analysis

Mercury bundles up as Trustpower unburdens

Mercury to become bigger retailer offering a range of telco and energy products, while one-time retail innovator Trustpower is now charting a future almost exclusively as an electricity generator.

Pattrick Smellie 22 Jun 2021
CentrePort snubs 'speculative' Napier advance
Infrastructure

CentrePort snubs 'speculative' Napier advance

The Wellington regional council will continue to back CentrePort's expansion strategy despite a call from Napier Port claiming it could run the capital's container terminal more profitably.

Brent Melville 22 Jun 2021